Contentment

 

I would like to share something that has helped us to reach financial freedom.  You might be surprised to hear that we have not accomplished this by making a huge amount of money.  Both of us have had successful careers but for a long time lived off of just one income.  For part of this time we put the second income in savings and part of it we only had one income due to a variety of things.  For the first several months after we brought Jacob home, neither of us worked.  The reason I share this is that I think that there is a huge misconception that wealth and income are related.  Yes you do have to earn money to pay your bills but some of the people that make the most money are flat broke.

 

One of the biggest things that helped us to be successful was learning to be content with what we had.  The furniture pictured above was never really my taste but it was good quality and served its purpose so we kept it.  Now that we are in a different place financially we were able to update this room without using credit for any of it.  I truly believe that learning to be content where you are at is a big key to being successful with money.  There will always be a newer, faster, better model.  Keeping up with the neighbors just means you will be broke like the neighbors.

 

Can you think of any areas that you need to practice contentment?  I would love to hear from you.